Austin City Hall’s perpetual silly season must end

Last week, one of our petitioners, Lucas — a 24-year old recent graduate — was kicked off city property by six security people, two of them armed. Lucas was sitting at this petition table 30 feet from the door outside of Palmer Events Center. The city is claiming — with a straight face — that the outside of this publicly owned facility “becomes private when someone rents the inside”.

Lucas was sent 150 feet from the door to the “free speech area” next to Barton Springs Road.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler also appears to be spinning a story that holding a public vote on CodeNEXT is an affront to democracy! We kid you not. Read our posts linked below for more.

Here’s how you can help the most right now.

We have plans to blast the CodeNEXT petition next week to 100,000 registered Austin voters, including via regular mail. Remember, the petition must be signed on paper — it’s not an online petition.